tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post9076416426159838782..comments2016-03-09T11:32:05.283-05:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: St. Cuthbert to the RescueJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80771422657890307182009-08-01T02:44:14.176-04:002009-08-01T02:44:14.176-04:00This was actually the first D&amp;D item I owned a...This was actually the first D&amp;D item I owned as a kid. My mom bought it for me at the university bookstore of all places. I loved it and colored every page. This truly was my gateway. I&#39;ve since tracked down a couple of copies and now have them in my collection. I think the artwork is superb and I&#39;ve always been fascinated by it.Xyanthonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902260753434100101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-28686296050541995392009-08-01T01:30:42.553-04:002009-08-01T01:30:42.553-04:00@Delta, the text might not be there, but the gener...@Delta, the text might not be there, but the general story of the book is given here: http://www.acaeum.com/library/coloring.htmlJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997164906328234122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43828154288376295762009-07-31T23:39:57.103-04:002009-07-31T23:39:57.103-04:00Wow, I still have this book in pretty good shape. ...Wow, I still have this book in pretty good shape. I remember picking it up at one of my first conventions, Michicon I think in 1970 or 80. I loved it for the art, which was very cool and stylistic.Lumrunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490241439657277942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1658521513509519312009-07-31T18:56:19.474-04:002009-07-31T18:56:19.474-04:00neither S&amp;S, nor high fantasy had anything lik...<i>neither S&amp;S, nor high fantasy had anything like this gang of armed men exploring hazardous, semi-random rooms.</i><br /><br />thank you for reminding me of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard%27s_Castle#Synopsis" rel="nofollow">Bluebeard&#39;s Castle</a>, which I think captures exactly this weird, anything-could-be-behind-that-door character: one room of battles, another that contains a sea of tears, etc. Except there the end is not the treasury. Maybe it&#39;s more like Tomb of Horrors.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13066666390287012382009-07-31T16:42:18.834-04:002009-07-31T16:42:18.834-04:00My older brothers purchased the D&amp;D Coloring B...My older brothers purchased the D&amp;D Coloring Book for me. I was age 4. <br /><br />It had a mini-game suitable for kids that taught you the basics of D&amp;D, and I played the hell out of it before graduating to Basic D&amp;D with the brothers the next year.<br /><br />The coloring book was awesome and I kept it, tattered and torn, for years.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05625086532637410710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77025784111312421202009-07-31T13:26:58.399-04:002009-07-31T13:26:58.399-04:00I have long wished I had picked up a copy of the c...I have long wished I had picked up a copy of the coloring book, in part because of the cool rendition of the dungeon from the Basic D&amp;D (Holmes) book. I think there are a couple simplifications of the map.<br /><br />Didn&#39;t the book even have a mini-game to play with that map?<br /><br />FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-81125295794622232562009-07-31T13:25:53.390-04:002009-07-31T13:25:53.390-04:00I think the other blog with the pictures is only m...I think the other blog with the pictures is only missing two of them; the very first, where they&#39;re assembling their party at a tavern, and the very last where they find a big ole room full of treasure.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15430967114735284272009-07-31T13:16:14.530-04:002009-07-31T13:16:14.530-04:00I fondly remember a girlfriend and I at around 15 ...I fondly remember a girlfriend and I at around 15 yrs. old playing the little dungeon game in the back of the book. <br /> <br />Even then, I loved the way the one guy is holding his head from a gnarly spell effect. Really gives it some drama.Brunomachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35816266047532668362009-07-31T12:57:13.697-04:002009-07-31T12:57:13.697-04:00hmm...what color is a lich-king?hmm...what color is a lich-king?Ragnorakkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812860633134547618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25969934586482329542009-07-31T12:35:21.431-04:002009-07-31T12:35:21.431-04:00Holy moly, I love all those illustrations on the M...Holy moly, I love all those illustrations on the Monster Brains site! They&#39;re freaky and creepy and uniquely framed. <br /><br />Anyone notice that the &quot;map&quot; page is exactly the same layout as the sample dungeon in Holmes basic, with different monsters depicted?<br /><br />Wish the Gygax text was included, too...Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2809448736465927922009-07-31T11:45:44.747-04:002009-07-31T11:45:44.747-04:00I used to have this book, but I&#39;m hard pressed...I used to have this book, but I&#39;m hard pressed to find it again. I wonder why I got rid of it??Steve Zieserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382001986218250618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5786442894433907172009-07-31T11:34:11.591-04:002009-07-31T11:34:11.591-04:00Most adults would be hard pressed to render a draw...Most adults would be hard pressed to render a drawing as well as this &#39;coloring book&#39; page. Myself included.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997164906328234122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25531571703152342452009-07-31T10:41:41.006-04:002009-07-31T10:41:41.006-04:00That bizarre hand right in the middle of the page ...That bizarre hand right in the middle of the page messes it up for me. Otherwise, it&#39;s not bad.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989288928313815012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73724595795440072472009-07-31T09:50:56.348-04:002009-07-31T09:50:56.348-04:00Wow, what a cool thing. I wish they&#39;d had this...Wow, what a cool thing. I wish they&#39;d had this book around in my childhood. I never even knew this existed.Rach's reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54476768251871879812009-07-31T09:38:29.161-04:002009-07-31T09:38:29.161-04:00I still have that book. What I remember most was ...I still have that book. What I remember most was the &quot;D&amp;Dness&quot; it captured. I noticed it as a kid. This is no Sinbad voyage, the party meets at a tavern and plans their assault on the dungeon. Party members are lost to beholders and ettins. The dungeon is a weird underworldish place, with elemental beings. I remember one room shows a never ending battle between an army of gnolls and and one of hobgoblins (?). And in the end the remnants of the party stumble upon a door leading to a room full of treasure. The echoes of the dungeon as an abstract set of challenges drawn on graph paper is in each drawing and my ~10 year old self could sense it and was intrigued. In essence it was a new genre. I realize that, just now, in writing this, neither S&amp;S, nor high fantasy had anything like this gang of armed men exploring hazardous, semi-random rooms.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73076453921506545542009-07-31T09:36:29.967-04:002009-07-31T09:36:29.967-04:00No, no sci-fi. It started off with mythology (Atl...No, no sci-fi. It started off with mythology (Atlantis, Odysseus, Siegfried, Merlin, etc.) and then went on to fantasy published up to that point (Howard, Tolkien, Dunsany, Lovecraft, Burroughs, etc.) It was called <i>Tales of Fantasy</i>. I&#39;ve got some pictures kicking around on an old blog entry: http://darkheritage.blogspot.com/2008/01/joys-of-coloring-books.htmlJoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27604838524092350462009-07-31T09:13:30.316-04:002009-07-31T09:13:30.316-04:00Doh! Joshua beat me to it! I was going to mention ...Doh! Joshua beat me to it! I was going to mention Monster Brains as well.<br />I&#39;ve got a somewhat ratty copy of this I picked up at half-price years ago.<br />I remembered it from early on, but lost my original. Just a couple of days ago, I ran across an art blog with a group of Greg Irons art posted, but darned if I can&#39;t find it now.E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87610013548642784642009-07-31T09:12:50.058-04:002009-07-31T09:12:50.058-04:00Hey, Joshua!
I think I had that same one -- is it...Hey, Joshua!<br /><br />I think I had that same one -- is it the one with scenes from old sci-fi and fantasy books in it? <br /><br />I think that was where I found out that the Six-Million Dollar Man was first a novel called &quot;Cyborg.&quot;<br /><br />That takes me waaaaaaaay back.<br /><br />JCjcosmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888736618040090915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73069508522654623932009-07-31T08:53:53.748-04:002009-07-31T08:53:53.748-04:00I came across a site that has scans of most of the...I came across a site that has scans of <i>most</i> of the art from that coloring book. Sweet! I can print it off and let my kids color it now!<br /><br />http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2009/05/dungeons-and-dragons-coloring-book-1979.htmlJoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64840248667891561282009-07-31T08:48:44.262-04:002009-07-31T08:48:44.262-04:00I wish I still had that book. And that I hadn&#39...I wish I still had that book. And that I hadn&#39;t colored it, back in the day.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />I also had another book, in the same format, about the fantasy genre overall that I liked nearly as much. In fact, it was one of the things that first turned me on to some of the early classic authors in the genre.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90641048199653084232009-07-31T06:43:26.632-04:002009-07-31T06:43:26.632-04:00This is awesome. Never seen this book. It seems to...This is awesome. Never seen this book. It seems to belong to kid&#39;s stuff written by adults to meet adults need category. Some of the best childrens lit is written like that. I am gonna look for this item on ebay!!!Brooze the Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50831122702634970312009-07-31T03:14:51.100-04:002009-07-31T03:14:51.100-04:00Interesting info, T. Foster!
I wish that I had a ...Interesting info, T. Foster!<br /><br />I wish that I had a copy of this Colouring Book. *sigh*Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3674753720954695512009-07-31T02:37:09.871-04:002009-07-31T02:37:09.871-04:00Wow, This bring back great memories. I had this bo...Wow, This bring back great memories. I had this book (and I even colored in it), and as an earlier poster said, it was a glorious melange of pure freaky flavor.<br /><br />Thanks for some fond memories!Rafialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077298546098373938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56462755032252962602009-07-31T01:41:21.584-04:002009-07-31T01:41:21.584-04:00Slight amendment to the above. The Coloring Album ...Slight amendment to the above. The Coloring Album was actually released in 1979, so that puts it 2 years before Moldvay, 3 years before Endless Quest, 4+ years before the cartoon and the toy line, and makes it seem like even more of a weird anomaly.T. Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-16618875432439968092009-07-31T01:32:39.013-04:002009-07-31T01:32:39.013-04:00That book was illustrated by Greg Irons, who was a...That book was illustrated by Greg Irons, who was a big name in the SF hippy/underground art scene, and thus fits squarely within the same aesthetic tradition as Trampier and Otus -- Irons was actually the real thing that they were, in some sense 2nd-generation clones/followers of. The <i>Official AD&amp;D Coloring Album</i>, despite being a marketing gimmick aimed at kids, is actually (and ironically) one of D&amp;D&#39;s strongest links to its head-shop roots. (Note also, for the historical record, that this coloring album was released in 1980 -- at a time when the D&amp;D game itself was still pretty squarely being marketed towards adults; the kid-friendly Moldvay-edit Basic Set was still a year in the future, the &quot;Endless Quest&quot; books 2 years away, and the full-court-press on the kiddie set with the cartoon, the toys, the &quot;magic ink&quot; solo adventures, etc. not for 3-4 years; a D&amp;D coloring book released in that era (and IIRC there were D&amp;D coloring books, tied-in with the toys, or the cartoon, or both) would&#39;ve been something much much different that this book, with text by Gygax and art by an authentic underground artist).T. Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.com